MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.07,-88.79 Latitude: 41.07 Longitude: -88.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 189 SFC 998 207 13.4 11.3 87 2.0 12.2 81 4 286.7 288.2 285.4 310.3 8.48 2 950 627 17.6 9.7 60 7.9 12.9 96 11 295.0 296.4 288.1 318.0 7.96 3 900 1086 13.9 7.5 65 6.4 10.2 95 13 295.8 297.1 287.7 316.9 7.25 4 850 1565 10.4 2.8 59 7.6 6.4 99 17 297.0 298.0 286.5 313.3 5.51 5 800 2069 9.7 -13.9 17 23.7 0.8 101 16 301.5 301.8 284.1 306.7 1.62 6 750 2602 8.7 -22.0 9 30.7 -1.3 100 13 306.0 306.2 284.9 308.9 0.87 7 700 3170 6.4 -16.0 18 22.4 -1.9 102 11 309.6 309.9 287.0 314.8 1.57 8 650 3774 3.3 -22.7 13 26.0 -4.9 80 9 312.7 312.9 287.4 315.9 0.95 9 600 4417 -0.9 -28.2 11 27.2 -8.3 88 9 315.0 315.1 287.8 317.2 0.63 10 550 5104 -5.7 -37.1 6 31.4 -12.2 98 9 317.3 317.4 288.2 318.4 0.29 11 500 5843 -11.3 -45.9 4 34.6 -16.5 86 6 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.7 0.12 12 450 6641 -17.3 -42.4 9 25.1 -20.9 336 3 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.3 0.20 13 400 7512 -23.6 -37.4 27 13.9 -25.6 319 7 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.8 0.38 14 350 8476 -29.2 -48.2 14 19.0 -31.0 305 14 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.14 15 300 9563 -36.1 -45.6 37 9.5 -37.0 326 16 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.21 16 250 10799 -47.0 -47.0 100 0.0 -47.0 288 22 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.1 0.22 17 200 12244 -53.6 -64.2 27 10.5 -53.9 311 15 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14084 -56.9 -78.7 5 21.8 -57.2 293 34 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16611 -62.0 -84.5 3 22.5 -62.2 307 26 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.63 m Freezing level: 611.21 mb = 4272.49 m = 14017.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 780.95 mb = 2267.94 m = 7440.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.08 % Est. max temperature: 23.88 C = 74.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.69 mb = 469.32 m = 1539.75 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 11.34 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.80 mb = 3565.78 m = 11698.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.29 C = 100.92 F Cap Strength: 8.18 C Lifted Index: 7.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.78 C Showalter Index: 9.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.68 C Cross Totals Index: 14.09 C K Index: 2.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10704.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.92 mb = 1429.03 m = 4688.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.6 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 124.6 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 53.37 Bulk Shear: 0.65 m/s